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CVE-2023-5168

UNKNOWN
Published 2023-09-27T14:12:58.905Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.489
Higher than 48.9% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to `FilterNodeD2D1` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process.
*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Thunderbird

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-jw9m-8h6f-3q76

Advisory Details

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data to `FilterNodeD2D1` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5168
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846683
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: September 27, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846683
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-41/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-42/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-43/
Published: 2023-09-27T14:12:58.905Z
Last Modified: 2025-05-01T20:13:54.748Z
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